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ephoria
Zurich, Switzerland
What it is
ephoria is a digital mental health coach for everyday challenges and wellbeing on Android and iOS. Users can discuss difficult thoughts, goals, and challenging situations with an AI coach, then follow solution-focused quests and exercises in manageable steps. The app includes daily reminders and suggestions, tailored audio meditations, speech recognition, and a wellbeing library. Its maker describes the approach as evidence-based solution-focused coaching combined with mindfulness, acceptance, and emotion-regulation concepts. If the system detects signs of a possible acute crisis, it displays support options and contact points. A Helsana pilot pre–post assessment involving 159 participants found reduced psychological distress on GHQ-12; the maker reports a three-month effect of d = 0.59. Premium costs 14.90 CHF a month with a 7-day trial, and price may vary by country and currency. Helsana supplementary-insurance customers can use ephoria free, while CONCORDIA NATURA customers receive cost sharing. Data is hosted in certified Swiss data centres, and users can delete their data.
For and against
For
- AI coaching for thoughts, goals, and challenges
- Guided quests and exercises
- Crisis support options and contact points
- Users can delete their data
- 7-day trial on Premium
Against
- No free consumer plan
- Premium costs 14.90 CHF monthly
- Employer insights require at least ten users
- Acute-crisis detection is not human therapy
The verdict
ephoria combines AI conversations, guided exercises, and wellbeing tools with stated privacy controls and crisis signposting. The paid consumer plan, trial terms, and eligibility-based insurance access should guide purchasing decisions.
Who it suits
ephoria suits people seeking app-based coaching, guided exercises, reminders, and meditation for everyday wellbeing. It also offers employer programs and insurance-related access for specified customers.
Plans and prices
Premium
Consumer app subscription · price may vary by country and currency
Read 4 Oct 2026 · ephoria.health
Premium
Consumer app subscription · price may vary by country and currency
Read 4 Oct 2026 · ephoria.health
Starter
Per active user · only active users billed · unlimited app usage
Read 4 Oct 2026 · ephoria.health
Professional
From 100 employees · licence based on total employee count · app usage allowance included
Read 4 Oct 2026 · ephoria.health
Enterprise
For large organisations · employer dashboard with insights · own counselling services in app · branding link in app
Read 4 Oct 2026 · ephoria.health
On the record
- AI coaching
- Users can talk with an AI coach about difficult thoughts, goals, and challenging situations.ephoria.health · read 4 Oct 2026
- Crisis support
- When the system detects indications of a possible acute crisis, ephoria displays support options and points of contact.ephoria.health · read 4 Oct 2026
- Data controls
- Users can delete their data in the app, and the maker says app entries and content remain private and are not shared with third parties.ephoria.health · read 4 Oct 2026
- Data hosting
- The maker says app data is stored in certified data centres in Switzerland and the employer service runs in an ISO-certified data centre in Switzerland.ephoria.health · read 4 Oct 2026
- Developer
- The website and services are operated by netsense GmbH in Zürich, Switzerland.ephoria.health · read 4 Oct 2026
- Employer offering
- The employer portal provides aggregated, anonymous insights, and employers cannot see personal chat histories or individual conversation content.ephoria.health · read 4 Oct 2026
- Employer privacy threshold
- Employer topic and mood insights are shown only once there are at least ten users.ephoria.health · read 4 Oct 2026
- Guided steps
- The app offers solution-focused quests and exercises to help users approach challenges in small steps.ephoria.health · read 4 Oct 2026
- Health insurance
- Helsana customers with supplementary insurance can use ephoria free of charge, while CONCORDIA NATURA customers receive cost sharing.ephoria.health · read 4 Oct 2026
- Other features
- Features include daily reminders and suggestions, tailored audio meditations, speech recognition, and a wellbeing library.ephoria.health · read 4 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- ephoria is a digital mental health coach for everyday challenges and wellbeing.ephoria.health · read 4 Oct 2026
- Research basis
- The maker says ephoria uses evidence-based solution-focused coaching approaches alongside mindfulness, acceptance, and emotion regulation concepts.ephoria.health · read 4 Oct 2026
- Research evaluation
- A Helsana pilot pre–post assessment with 159 participants found reduced psychological distress measured with GHQ-12; the maker reports an overall three-month effect of d = 0.59.ephoria.health · read 4 Oct 2026
